Friday Nov. 14 Schedule

7:00 pm SAND AND SORROW

A look into Darfur, killing and crimes against a nation’s own people, hear the call to be their hope Conversation with Ameera Abbo and Adam Abdalla, Darfurian Congress of Canada; whose lives are shaped by the ongoing conflict. Hear their passion, share in their effort.

Friday Nov. 14 Schedule

9:00 pm NEW YEAR BABY

A journey to Cambodia to discover a family’s past Conversation with Dom Eam, Vice-President of the Calgary-Cambodian Association

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Saturday Nov. 15 Schedule

1:00 DEVOTION AND DEFIANCE

The struggle for religious freedom in Tibet Conversation with

Tsering Chodon

a member of the local Tibetan community

Saturday Nov. 15 Schedule

2:00 THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN

Calgary Premiere

after Deepa Mehta’s Water…this beautiful depiction of the harsh reality of widowhood in India Conversation with

Aradhana Parmar Associate Professor of Development Studies, University of Calgary

Saturday Nov. 15 Schedule

4:30 TAR SANDS: THE SELLING OF ALBERTA

Questions abound: from the pipefitter, to Peter Lougheed, to Washington lobbyist Conversation with Sid Dykstra, President, Opti Canada Andrew Nikiforuk, Author of “Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent”

Saturday Nov. 15 Schedule

7:00 THE BATTLE OF CHERNOBYL

The little known, dramatic story that followed the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion

Calgary Premiere

Conversation with

David Marples,

Professor, Dept of History & Classics, University of Alberta

Mary Nokleby,

Member, Citizens Advocating the Use of Sustainable Energy (CAUSE)

Saturday Nov. 15 Schedule

9:00 A LESSON OF BELORUSSIAN

Be inspired by youth organizing to be free, to achieve democracy for Belorussia

Calgary Premiere

Conversation with

David Marples

Professor, Dept of History & Classics, University of Alberta

Sandra van den Brink

Founder, Ayudamos Foundation

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Sunday Nov. 16 Schedule

1:00 TANGIER TREEHOUSE Calgary Premiere

Moroccan street children build a treehouse and find themselves transformed Conversation with

Michael Lickers

Executive Director and Founder of Ghost River Rediscovery

Sunday Nov. 16 Schedule

2:30 WE ARE TOGETHER (Family Film)

The moving story of South African children overcoming hardship with music Conversation with

the Pritchard family

from Calgary who’ve volunteered in a similar situation and region in South Africa

Sunday Nov. 16 Schedule

4:30 THE UNFORSEEN Calgary Premiere

When land development threatens Barton Spring, a fragile limestone aquifer, a community fights back Conversation with

Mark Bennett

Bow River Basin Council

Brian Pincott

City of Calgary Alderman

Moderated by Jim Brown

Host of the Calgary Eyeopener, CBC Radio One and Co-Director of the film Radiant City

Sunday Nov. 16 Schedule

7:00 TRIAGE: DR. JAMES ORBINSKI’S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA

Orbinski revisits Somalia, Rwanda and the Congo and reflects on lives lost and lives saved, seeking to make sense of it all Conversation with

Anne Aspler

who stepped out to make a difference, founding the University Of Alberta Chapter Of Dignitas International

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NGO Village

1. Ayudamos Foundation www.ayudamos.ca

2. Bolivia Kids www.boliviakids.com

3. Cause Canada www.cause.ca

4. Christmas Future www.christmasfuture.org

5. Citizens Advocating the Use of Sustainable Energy (Nuclear Free Alberta) www.nuclearfreealberta.ca

NGO Village

6. Darfurian Congress of Canada 7. Dignitas International www.dignitasinternational.org

8. Fibres of Life www.fibresoflife.com

9. Grandmothers to Grandmothers Calgary Region www.stephenlewisfoundation.org

10. Momentum www.momentum.org

NGO Village

11.

Oxfam www.oxfam.ca

12.

River Park Church www.riverparkchurch.com

13.

Samaritans Purse www.samaritanspurse.ca

14. Sierra Club - Chinook Group www.sierraclubchinook.org

15.

Ten Thousand Villages www.tenthousandvillages.com

NGO Village

16.

Tibet Canada Women’s Foundation http://www.tibet.org/Resources/TSG/Groups/ca.tib.women.html

17. TVG - True Vision Ghana (Canada) www.truevisionghana.org

18. United Nations Association Canada – Calgary Chapter www.calgary.unac.org

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CAWST - Centre For Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology www.cawst.org

20. CRWRC – Christian Reformed World Relief Committee www.crwrc.org

NGO Village

21.

Ghost River Rediscovery http://www.ghostriverrediscovery.com

22. MCC – Mennonite Central Committee www.mcc.org/alberta 23. Verde Tea www.verdetea.com/Verde_Tea/home.html

24.

Good Giving www.goodgiving.ca

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